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THE
T^.^IR?
Bermuda Commercial and General Advertiser- and Recorder
VOL. LXXX1X—No 22.
HAMILTON, BERMUDA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1916
Single Copt, lid (ob 3 Cents).—20s. Pes /nntjw
A LFCTURE ON •■■"STOPPING THE
LEAKS ON THE FARM."
By D. S. Dark.
It is not necessary for a planter
to go to college to learn the way to
plant seeds but it is necessary that
he should learn the way to art for
them when he gets them, and after
he has planted them in the soil.
The willing boy or girl wno has a
love for agriculture and is taught in
the school and college the better and
the scientific ways of faiming, Mill
make the succcsfsul farmer and find
pleasure and profit in doing so for the
reason that they, have been taught
the way to stop the leaks.
All large conservatively managed
corporations employ experts, both
men and women to-''stop the leaKS."
They don't go round with a soldering
iron in one hand and a stick of solder
in ihe other to stop a bole that pressure has busted in the pipe, but to
stop ine leaks that the profits will
run tiio.ign, and if allowed to continue
wil! ultimately bust tne concern.
As an illu-lration we would quote
t lie American Beef Trust who nave
a thousand and one mechanical ways
of stopping leaks. We only need
to quote one. For many years they
had a simple method of gouging out
tbe root of the ox-tail when it was
on its way to the cooling room. For a
small carcass it was too large, and for
a large one it was too small. One
of the leakstoppers suggested an automatic one that would adapt itself
to both conditions, but the master
leak-stoppe rsaggested another method.
That was to leave the stump of tbe
tail intact, and by a simple mechanical contrivance leave two incnes of
the teil "behind for good measure.
They used to make tne butctiers pay
Sio.oo a lu ndred lot tbe tai's with
the stump, bit now they have to
pay $12.00 a hundred tor the tail
without the rout. It was simply
a matter of leaving ten cents worth
ot 1 one or the carcass, but when we
take into consideration that they
slaughter a million carcasses a week
tnese million ten cents make a stopping of a great leak. The butcher
cannot afford to give away what he
has to pay for, so <n the end the
puolic foots the bill.
Now Uncle Sam has found a big
hole that needs to be stopped-up—
on account of tbe lack of potash, for
diseases of the potatoes are and ever
will be present. Through climatic
conditions over which the farmer has
no control. Uncle Sam is shy 170,-
'""-10,000 bushels of potatoes. Who is
-oing to fill this hole until the next
cropping season comes around?
The Agricultural Board of the Pr o
vince of New Brunswick in Canada
has given official notice that owing
to the lack of potash, her crop is
fifty per cent short. There are other
provinces in Canada where wood ashes
are the source of their potash, and
where they may have some potatoes
to spare, but these under war condi-
tions will go to England, so there are
only three possible sources to draw
lrom until next crop season. If the
Southern b'tatcs can do their share,
and the men of the extreme west will
1 In their's the Bcrmudians may fill
a small part. Those who have tbe
interest of Bermuda at heart wish
that she could snoplv a mill
1 el-, but that
1 annot now 1
-uair ping the
will
needed.
inoin grower has an op-
50 me future date, by
..erati'.u with Bermuda,
that would be to the "ultimate bene-
ht of both concerned.
"fhe Bermudian planter smiles when
he reads in his local papers, that a
frost has struck the onion belt.
Very often it is mrely lies cabled from
N. Y., and is done for market manipulation. The Texas onion grower
smiles when he hears the blight has
struck the Bermuda onions. [But he
should not wish tbe Bermuda planter
to have the blight but rather wish
him good luck. The Bermudian farm
er has taught tbe Southern farmer
that honest grading pays.
From my own experience in Bermuda, 1 find that the farmer and
planter there has the same troubles
as you South American farmers have
and perhaps a little more. He pays
a higher rate of wages than you do,
but he does not get as good results
and you far met s know how little
you get. There are as many leaks
on the Bermuda farms as you farmers
of the South have. The question
is how to stop them.
One oi the greatest evils in Bermuda
is a great draw-back to" farming in
the South. Too many heavily mot-
gaged small farms, the holders of
which would be better off if tbey were
working and giving a fair day's work
for a fair day's wages. But we can
now leave the Bermudian farmer to
his own troubles, and try to dissect
our own.
We can find a thousand and one
leaks on our farms in the United
States, leaks that need to be stopped,
however we will now go ior only a few.
Tbe first of them is tbe most expensive, lack and cost of fertilizers. Uncle
Sam is now taking care of that, and
he is going to exploit the Saragossa
Weed of the North Atlantic.
The greatest number of leaks on
tbe farm are from what we would
call the agricultural humbugs and
vou farmers need not be humbugged
if ?ou only read the official bulletins
that have been »ssued and are at
vour service simply for tbe asking.
As a private individual I could not
afford to mention names, but Uncle
Sam can and does. These smoothtongued salesmen will bring to the
door oi tbe iaimer samples ot a powder that is warranted, to fall every
bug that comes 1* *f »ay- They
are a very clever set, far the reason
that this article will do as they say
kill bugs But where the leak comes
to the farmer is the ourtageous prices
he has to pay format..One of the
first we will mention is a powder
r-
>tat
ared to what
The Texas 01
>rtunii\
nitual
at
lpply a
is impossible. America
a me the Bermudian for
market as her supply of
je but a picayune com-
at
that you have to scatter over the
backs of the bugs and it will really
kill them. Expert analysists has detected what it is—simply ground land
plaster, worth about one-tenth of a
cent a pound, but the charge to the
farmer is $20.00 a ton.
The next fraaid is when they tell
the farmer his land needs lime, and
they have a special preparation of
bane; tbey are even willing to let him
have a sample to try, and if bis land
is deficient in lime it does some good.
If there is an excess of lime it will
spread a powdery scab and the warty
disease on potatoes.
There is no need for you farmers
to pay an analytical chemist $20.00
to analyze your soil to see it if needs
lime. Take some of your soil in an_
empty "condensed milk can and take
it to your local druggist, who by pouring on a small portion of hydrochloric
acid will tell you in an instant if it
needs li me.
Should the soil effervesce violently
there is an excess of lime. If it mildly effervesces it contains a sufficiency j
of lime, but if it remains normal then
there .is no lime in the soil. In this,
way you can get your soil tested for
ten cents.
One of the greatest humbugs that
was ever brought to my notice by
these smooth-tongued orators, was a
liquid which they were selling and
which did kill the cabbage worm and
not kill the cabbage. They only
cnarged you 75 cents a gallon tor it
and all vou had to do was to mix
three gallops of plain water with it.
Printed on the can was the Govern-
ment's analysis of the contents of ta*s
liquid, but when the United States
Government Analyst got after it he
loand the analysis all right tut that
tbe liquid was plain, eveiy-day sea
water which diluted three to one, wi
fall every cabbage worm that it comes
in contact with, but 75 cents a gallon
is rather a steep price to pay for
sea water when you can dip it out of
the ocean yourself.
There is another emulsion that is
sold for about fifty cets a gallon and
really will kill certain insects by spraying, and'yoi can make it yoursett es
in your own homes. It is simply
common soap diluted with water to
make it appear like a paste—all you
have to do is to add a three to one
of aqua pura with it and you have a
fine spraying emulsion; mottled or
soft soap is cheap enough.
Then we have the quack vender of
medicines who will largely advertise
his nostrums; a certain liquid if you
will take it often enough will cute
you of even the flue devils. First
take one tablespoon of :t, and if you
don't feel better in one hour take
another. This liquid was very popular
and many farmers indulged in it until the United States Government
prohibited its sale, as it was common
alcohol diluted with water in order
that it could be sold over the drug
store counter without paying a liquor
license, with a little tincture of gentien
added so that it would taste like
medicine. But if you drank enough
of it, it certainly would make you feel
like a lord because it made you drunk
Then there is the pill doctor who
will sell them and guarantee them to
cure the palsy and gout, pains within and pains without. The English
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it tertainlv will help rheumatism i
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wine of Colchicum is a very old remt
dy for rheumatisn hut it is apt t'
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There is another remedy which costs
aliout ten pounds a box and the
British Government has exposed this
fraud—soap and bitter aloes go far
towards its make up.
And still there is another leak
among the farmers—if they get a good
price one day for their stock tbey will
buy a piano that no member of the
family can play, and some farmers are
so dishonourable to themselves that
they will mortgage their homes to
buy" an automobile that tbey don't
know how to steer, and finaly may
break their necks trying to climb a
tree.
One of the greatest leaks on the
farm is labour, and I would rather our
Chairman had .»ot asked me to discuss this question. I know what
labour organization can do. If I
could have my own way, which I
never will have, I would not put the
man in prison that loais while 1m is
pretending to earn his pay for the
reason that we would be taxed to
keep him there, but I would make
him join tbe armies and dig the
trenches for the men who are willing
to work and fight. .
In conclusion, my farmer friends
1 wi* to say that there are leaks
which co-operation alone can remedy.
First you need moie central packing
houses, saving cost of grading and
packing and inspection at your shipping points. Secondly, thete are tbe
leaks in transportation. Farmers cannot expect steamship owners to give
l he 111 low rates when they do not
export their produce but three months
in the year, and send the ships awaj
the other nine empty. Yon should
create other paying industries, and
keep the ships busy nine months instead ol three, and tnea y<*« will get
lower rates for transportation.
The third is the most important
leak of all—leaks that are caused by
unsystematic distribution; it is here
\ahere you South American fatmers
can help J ourselves and help Bermuda. If you depend upon tbe State
to pay your distributors, yew will
wait a long time before tkeywill ,do
it; you should do it yourselves, jest
as much as you should build your
own packing sheds, then you own them
If the State builds tbe packing sheas
they will increase your taxes to pay
for them, and the same if tbey have
to pay your distributors; but doing
this yourselves, you will own your
own sheds and control your own distributors. If the State does it for
you tbey will only increase your
taxes, aaid you will be paying through
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Laxatives and cadiartics cause more
constipation than they cure. Nujol
is the modern treatment for constipation. It conforms in all essentials to
the requirements of the mineral oil
treatment as prescribed by its discoverer, Sir William Arbuthnot Lane.
Nujol
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is odorless and tasteless', absolutely
neutral, and is not digested or absorbed
into the system. It acts merely as a
mechanical lubricant.
Ask for Booklet "The Rational
Treatment of Constipation" at your
druggist or
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Cable Address:
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your nose instead ol through your
pockets. Too many of you Southern
farmers, and a few Bermudian have
been working overtime and Sundafy
for the want of efficient business
methods and organization, toiling to
help the New York middleman to
bui'd motor boats, and the push*
cart peddlars buy horses and cans
and making a good living while too
many of you find yourselves with a
sleeveless coat, .head over ears in
debt.
Advertise in
THE MYftL MZETTE
F«r\ it Pays
FARM AND GARDEN
UNION NOTES.
Meeting Held.
Tucker's Town—The Tucker's
Town Union met on Wednesday 16th
inst, with a large attendance. Rev.
W. H. Palmer have an interesting
address on Agriculture in Newfoundland and Labrador, and told of the
shortness of the season, especially in
Labrador, and, of how the farmer
had to crowd a deal of work in the
brief time between seed time and
harvest. There is in Newfoundland
a profusion of wild fruits. Mr. W.
A. Moore spoke of the possibilities
of a comfortable livelihood to be secured by farming in Bermuda and illustrated his remarks by the success of
the majority of Portuguese farmers in
the Islands. Nowhere else he said
could larger returns be secured in
proportion to the amount of capital
invested.
The annual election of officers was
held, with the result that Mr. B. D.
Talbot and Mr. S. F. M. Trott- were
fe-elected as chairman and secretary
?nd the former committee retained.
Smith's Parish."—A meet'ng of the
Smith's Parish Union will be held in
the Whitney Institute on Wcdnesay
next, 23rd inst at 8 p.m. Mr. A B.
"rnath, M.C. P., will address the meeting on local markets and the Director
of Agriculture will give S. lecture on
water, with chemical experiments.
NOTES FROM THE CANADIAN
COUNTRYMAN.
This year will call for more efficiency, patriotism and fortitude than
any that have gone before. Read
more, stuay more, think more and
give more.
Now is the time to take stock. If
you can't definitely calculate your profits and losses, begin a system of
farm account? now They will pay.
Make the larmnouse a home in the
true=t and highest sense by bringing
to it every material and educational
advantage that your means allow.
Hardly any economic problem but
can be traced back to faulty education. Educate our farm boys properly and they will solve their own
problem.
The farmer who advertises his products creates a demand for them that
leads on to bigger business and more
profitable returns.
Rural mail delivery, cheap books, and
a good daily newspaper and the leading farm journals ard daily study
will make any farmer progressive,
efficient and well informed.
Efficiency and labour saving devices
will be more required this year than
ever before. Your farm jour nal will
nelp you. Study it more carefully
this season.
CONQUEST OF FARMERS BY A
LEGUME.
An exchange speaks very aptly
of the conquest of the farmers of the
Missisypi Vallev b> alfalfa. Thai is
the right way to pit; it. The only
parties to lie duv:- a-d surrender are
the farmers, for il s <ata:n that tlu-
alfalfa does not change. Whe/cvci
it conquers a farroeis ;;norance, -re
judice, lack ol 1 mrage, and ..11 that,
it goes ahead and rr.akc.-i .1 success o|
•tsell. But some farmers put up 3
stubborn fight and will not surrender
and there is no allalla giowa on that
man's farm. II* aid.-. Dairyman.
EVAPORATED BANANAS.
The Briton Tmes and Mirror lor
October IS, says that e\aporaied
bananas are never seen on the local
market now. Several consignments
were received, pesumably from Jamaica, but the public did not take to
the product. It is suggested that
they had grown accustomed to eat the
fruit when fresh. The colour was also
against the material, for the process
adopted changea it to a dark brown,
though this in no way affected the
flavour—Agricultural News.
THE COMING OF THE MOTOR
PLOUGH.
Of all the work which has lo be
done on farms, ploughing is perhaps
tbe most extravagant in power and
the most dependent upon the conditions of the land and weather. On
largeestales the cable system of steam
ploughing has been brought to a high
state of petfection. Not many farmers, however, can affoid a set ol steam
ploughing tackle, nor are there many
farms in these islands of such a size
as would make its employment a
paying proposition. As the engineer
points out, what is greatly wanted is
a motor tractor, neither too costly
nor too complicated—that can be put
to some practical use at all seasons
of the year, and it would appear that
sack a machine is now ia course of
evolution. As regards the airount of
power required, current practice would
seem to show that with engines of
20 to 25 h.p., satisfactory work can
be done on average land with ploughs
of two or even three fterrows and
taking cuts seven inches deep. With
this amount of power it is possible
to plough from 3 to 6 acres in a day
of nine hoars.—Journal of tne Royal
Sjociety ot Arts)
\A LESSON IN CO-OPERATION.
Selling Potatoes in Nova Scotia.
It is not often that an object lesson can be carried out entirely within
the ranks ol a Co-operative Associa-
tion, generally the lesson of cooperation can only be demonstrated
by comparison with outside results
Yet sach an example has just been
completed entirely within our own
ranks aad provides the most complete
and unqualified vindication of cooperation that had ever been published.
We refer to our operations in
potatoes.
Your Board of Management have
long felt that the Central Office was
not jutsified in buying potatoes because to do so involved speculation.
With a view therefore to having
our Potato business placed on a cooperative basis a meeting of the'
Managers of the heaviest potato shipping companies was called and the
proposition was put to them.
The majority of these presc nt, while
recognizing that Potatoes should be
handled co-operatively, were under the
impression that the growers would
only ship them for cash.
The first steamer that we had
chartered was so close at hand we
decided that to obtain her cargo we
would have to buy at the jirevauing
market price, $1.25 per barrel. At
that date no buyer was paying a cent
more than that price but although
that is the case we have (now, that
our potato business is finished) decided to pay all companies another 10
per barrel. A bonus out of profits
not often paid by speculators,
Before our second steamer was
ready to load we offered all companies
tbe following alternate plans:
1st. We would buy the potatoes
at prevailing market prices and the
transaction \tould then be considered
absolutely closed at whatever price
we agreed to pay, or
2nd. We would handle co-operatively the growers taking whatever their
jmtatoes made on that boat
As a result, 5,647 barrels were sold
at the price prevailing, in the dis-
I tricts from which they were drawn
J v z: $1.25 per barrel and 5c f'»r
handling. 5,139 barrels were put in
co-operatively and we are now able
to pav those who thus showed their
faith in co-operation, $172 per barrel.
When we loaded our next boat prices
had advanced considerably, the speculators to get potatoes at all had lieen
compelled to relinquish theit method
of yore and had to advance prices
with advancing markets.
With the prevailing price at J2.00
we found a very few inclined to ship
co-operatively and therefore oi.t of
the "Wandrian" cargo of 3,877 barrels
all were bought with the exception of
712 barrels. The faithful few who had
sufficient courage to ship co-operatively in face of those largo prices will
get no less than $2.71 per barrel.
When our last schooner loaded the
price was still strong at $2.00. Tnose
however who decided to ship co-ope-
atively will receive the satisfactory
price of $2.85 per barrel.
The principle of co-operation is
that he who creates the profit is
entitled to the profit and by the Cooperative system, as supplied to that
portion of our potato business so
handled, viz., ttie man who raisid the
potatoes receives the profit made possible by his industry.
We have been able to most clearly
demonstrate that co-operation can and
does make better returns and we
trust that this year's operations will
lie sucn a object less'on that next yeai
the whole of our Potato business «ill
be handled along co-operative lines.
Co-operative Newz.
Baby Wilm.
No food
suited her
Baby Wiles, of 42, Coleridge
Avenue, Manor Park, was rcry
weak and poorly after three weeks
of measles. Tke mother tried all
sorts of foods, but could get
nothing to suit her baby until she
fed her oa Virol. Since taking
Virol she has a* improved that
she won a prize at the East Ham
Baby Show. Mrs. Wiles says t—
"Virol "s ttss fiaest stuff thsra Is ssr
babies.*'
Notioe the Virol Smile.
A Wonderful rooi.
Used in more than 1,000 Hospitals
and Sanatoria.
VIROL, LUL,
152-166 Old Street, litasidon, EX.
Adiartising ia to buaineaa like
■team i* to mMhinery, the greet
propelling power.

THE
T^.^IR?
Bermuda Commercial and General Advertiser- and Recorder
VOL. LXXX1X—No 22.
HAMILTON, BERMUDA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1916
Single Copt, lid (ob 3 Cents).—20s. Pes /nntjw
A LFCTURE ON •■■"STOPPING THE
LEAKS ON THE FARM."
By D. S. Dark.
It is not necessary for a planter
to go to college to learn the way to
plant seeds but it is necessary that
he should learn the way to art for
them when he gets them, and after
he has planted them in the soil.
The willing boy or girl wno has a
love for agriculture and is taught in
the school and college the better and
the scientific ways of faiming, Mill
make the succcsfsul farmer and find
pleasure and profit in doing so for the
reason that they, have been taught
the way to stop the leaks.
All large conservatively managed
corporations employ experts, both
men and women to-''stop the leaKS."
They don't go round with a soldering
iron in one hand and a stick of solder
in ihe other to stop a bole that pressure has busted in the pipe, but to
stop ine leaks that the profits will
run tiio.ign, and if allowed to continue
wil! ultimately bust tne concern.
As an illu-lration we would quote
t lie American Beef Trust who nave
a thousand and one mechanical ways
of stopping leaks. We only need
to quote one. For many years they
had a simple method of gouging out
tbe root of the ox-tail when it was
on its way to the cooling room. For a
small carcass it was too large, and for
a large one it was too small. One
of the leakstoppers suggested an automatic one that would adapt itself
to both conditions, but the master
leak-stoppe rsaggested another method.
That was to leave the stump of tbe
tail intact, and by a simple mechanical contrivance leave two incnes of
the teil "behind for good measure.
They used to make tne butctiers pay
Sio.oo a lu ndred lot tbe tai's with
the stump, bit now they have to
pay $12.00 a hundred tor the tail
without the rout. It was simply
a matter of leaving ten cents worth
ot 1 one or the carcass, but when we
take into consideration that they
slaughter a million carcasses a week
tnese million ten cents make a stopping of a great leak. The butcher
cannot afford to give away what he
has to pay for, so tat
ared to what
The Texas 01
>rtunii\
nitual
at
lpply a
is impossible. America
a me the Bermudian for
market as her supply of
je but a picayune com-
at
that you have to scatter over the
backs of the bugs and it will really
kill them. Expert analysists has detected what it is—simply ground land
plaster, worth about one-tenth of a
cent a pound, but the charge to the
farmer is $20.00 a ton.
The next fraaid is when they tell
the farmer his land needs lime, and
they have a special preparation of
bane; tbey are even willing to let him
have a sample to try, and if bis land
is deficient in lime it does some good.
If there is an excess of lime it will
spread a powdery scab and the warty
disease on potatoes.
There is no need for you farmers
to pay an analytical chemist $20.00
to analyze your soil to see it if needs
lime. Take some of your soil in an_
empty "condensed milk can and take
it to your local druggist, who by pouring on a small portion of hydrochloric
acid will tell you in an instant if it
needs li me.
Should the soil effervesce violently
there is an excess of lime. If it mildly effervesces it contains a sufficiency j
of lime, but if it remains normal then
there .is no lime in the soil. In this,
way you can get your soil tested for
ten cents.
One of the greatest humbugs that
was ever brought to my notice by
these smooth-tongued orators, was a
liquid which they were selling and
which did kill the cabbage worm and
not kill the cabbage. They only
cnarged you 75 cents a gallon tor it
and all vou had to do was to mix
three gallops of plain water with it.
Printed on the can was the Govern-
ment's analysis of the contents of ta*s
liquid, but when the United States
Government Analyst got after it he
loand the analysis all right tut that
tbe liquid was plain, eveiy-day sea
water which diluted three to one, wi
fall every cabbage worm that it comes
in contact with, but 75 cents a gallon
is rather a steep price to pay for
sea water when you can dip it out of
the ocean yourself.
There is another emulsion that is
sold for about fifty cets a gallon and
really will kill certain insects by spraying, and'yoi can make it yoursett es
in your own homes. It is simply
common soap diluted with water to
make it appear like a paste—all you
have to do is to add a three to one
of aqua pura with it and you have a
fine spraying emulsion; mottled or
soft soap is cheap enough.
Then we have the quack vender of
medicines who will largely advertise
his nostrums; a certain liquid if you
will take it often enough will cute
you of even the flue devils. First
take one tablespoon of :t, and if you
don't feel better in one hour take
another. This liquid was very popular
and many farmers indulged in it until the United States Government
prohibited its sale, as it was common
alcohol diluted with water in order
that it could be sold over the drug
store counter without paying a liquor
license, with a little tincture of gentien
added so that it would taste like
medicine. But if you drank enough
of it, it certainly would make you feel
like a lord because it made you drunk
Then there is the pill doctor who
will sell them and guarantee them to
cure the palsy and gout, pains within and pains without. The English
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There is another remedy which costs
aliout ten pounds a box and the
British Government has exposed this
fraud—soap and bitter aloes go far
towards its make up.
And still there is another leak
among the farmers—if they get a good
price one day for their stock tbey will
buy a piano that no member of the
family can play, and some farmers are
so dishonourable to themselves that
they will mortgage their homes to
buy" an automobile that tbey don't
know how to steer, and finaly may
break their necks trying to climb a
tree.
One of the greatest leaks on the
farm is labour, and I would rather our
Chairman had .»ot asked me to discuss this question. I know what
labour organization can do. If I
could have my own way, which I
never will have, I would not put the
man in prison that loais while 1m is
pretending to earn his pay for the
reason that we would be taxed to
keep him there, but I would make
him join tbe armies and dig the
trenches for the men who are willing
to work and fight. .
In conclusion, my farmer friends
1 wi* to say that there are leaks
which co-operation alone can remedy.
First you need moie central packing
houses, saving cost of grading and
packing and inspection at your shipping points. Secondly, thete are tbe
leaks in transportation. Farmers cannot expect steamship owners to give
l he 111 low rates when they do not
export their produce but three months
in the year, and send the ships awaj
the other nine empty. Yon should
create other paying industries, and
keep the ships busy nine months instead ol three, and tnea y alfalfa. Thai is
the right way to pit; it. The only
parties to lie duv:- a-d surrender are
the farmers, for il s